Field Observations:
Yesterday in Hakuba's backcountry - winds stripped the Tengupara region clean of soft snow and left a combo f ice crust, wind pack and some sun moistened grabby patches. Not good skiing at all.
The rain crust buried on Feb 11 is only 10-20cm deep below 2200m and depending on aspect. Strong sun created a new crust on solar aspects during the day. This will be buried today as the forecast snow arrives.
Date:
20100215Cloud Cover:
OvercastPrecip type and rate:
Nil24hr min temp:
-9C24hr max temp:
3CPresent temp:
-2C24hr new snow (HN24):
0cmNew snow from current storm (HST):
0cmSnow height (HS):
176cmWeight of new snow (100mm tube dia):
0gmWater equiv of new snow:
0mmDensity new snow:
0kg/m3Surface crystal size:
1mmSurface crystal form:
DecomposingWind speed:
LightWind direction:
WMore info: